Hi guys, thanks for all the wonderful piccy's , good information and advice... we truely enjoyed your trip... you two put a lot of time effort into taking us all along!! ..ok, hugs to you.. gail and don

Dan~ Just had to let you know I became a foster mom for Great Dane Rescue. My new roomie is an 18 month old Brindle named Stormy. All I can say is she is awesomeness wrapped up in a Dane suit! Cheers to the Danes ~Julianne

Flying Gypsies and Florida 55 Thanks for following along and glad you enjoyed it.

Mike, Irene and I both were born, grew up and lived our lives in Los Angeles which is a desert by the sea with irrigation. In all that time the taste was never acquired. That is why we moved to the northwest when we retired. Remember life does not exist without water.

Another little tidbit from our trip, we visited eight National Parks and three National Monuments.

Cheers, Dan

Hey Dan
When we visit...remember..no drops!
We've been looking back at your snaps
and some made my knees wobble !
I remember Bob telling us he wasn't fond of
Heights but he still ventured high..and Vinnie Drove over that wooden rickety bridge..I'll NEVA forget Hx2 driving the Airstream over Hoover Dam..urghhhh...

Well it has been awhile since we have been on a real camping trip but here we are. We have had a couple of overnighters when I had my eye surgery and some local drives but this is the first real trip of the year. We are in Kalama, WA. which is about 30 miles north of Portland on I-5. We had a little rain the first day but no problem. This is what we see from the windshield.
We are here with 4 other coaches from a local RV club and we have a nice spot right on the river.
And naturally our flamingos wanted to come out and play.
Some of the flamingos had to stay inside.

Wednesday we took a trip to the Bonneville Dam and toured the power plant. There are actually two plants and we toured the original plant. It has ten generators and the new plant also has ten for total output of 1200 megawatts. Here is the power house and generators

This is the spillway and fish ladders where you can see several fish.

I was thinking about adding some turbine power to the coach. Do you think this might be too much?

Sounds like a great trip. Heading home to Hood River from SoCal. Maybe our paths will cross?

Scott

You may have to take a wrong turn to cross paths Scott, we left Kalama and headed over to Astoria today, a nice pleasant, relaxed drive. We are sitting in a nice spot at Fort Stevens. The campground is full but we don't feel crowded. The connection I have is pretty poor so pictures maybe tomorrow I can post a few.

Hi guys!! we missed you at Fort Stevens... but, we did pass you on hwy 30.. you going west and us going east... Don got a few days together that he wasn't doing any of his handyman work, so we took off for Yakima to visit his sister... we're presently at the Yakama Nation RV Park 20 miles south of Yakima in Toppenish...nice place to stay.. lots of amenities... pool, spa, exercise room, mile long track around the park, casino and more... And all for $28 a night!!! lovely view of Mt Adams out the door... Sorry we missed your Astoria visit, however we'll catch up when Lili gets here... Ok, hugs and all from us... keep having fun...

Hi guys!! we missed you at Fort Stevens... but, we did pass you on hwy 30.. you going west and us going east... Don got a few days together that he wasn't doing any of his handyman work, so we took off for Yakima to visit his sister... we're presently at the Yakama Nation RV Park 20 miles south of Yakima in Toppenish...nice place to stay.. lots of amenities... pool, spa, exercise room, mile long track around the park, casino and more... And all for $28 a night!!! lovely view of Mt Adams out the door... Sorry we missed your Astoria visit, however we'll catch up when Lili gets here... Ok, hugs and all from us... keep having fun...

Hi Gail, I'm glad you are out having fun. When I didn't hear from you I thought you were mad at me. We did see several Airstreams but I couldn't tell which one was yours.

We did have a pleasant drive to Astoria. This is the view from the bridge over the Columbia at Longview.
A trolley going along the waterfront at Astoria.
A couple of ships going up river.
It really was a nice day. This is Warrington on the way to Ft. Stevens.
Here the flamingos are getting used to their new surroundings.
Leaving Astoria we cross the bridge to Washington. A rather impressive bridge.
I hope Lili doesn't get frightened looking at the bridge pics.

It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that we lost our beloved Hagar. More than three years ago he beat cancer after having a fast growing malignant tumer removed from his head but he just couldn't out run the effect of old age on his body. Traveling in the Hagarstream will never be the same without him.

It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that we lost our beloved Hagar. More than three years ago he beat cancer after having a fast growing malignant tumer removed from his head but he just couldn't out run the effect of old age on his body. Traveling in the Hagarstream will never be the same without him.